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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt:...that wait for Me. 164. PSALM XXIV. Handel. SEMI-CHORUS, AND FULL. 7. Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory shall come in. 8. Who is the King of glory? the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle: 10. The Lord of Hosts: He is the King of glory. 165. PSALM CIII. Hatton. FULL AND VERSE. 13. Like as a father pitieth his own children: even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear Him. 14. For He knoweth whereof we are made: He remembereth that we are but dust. 15. The days of man are but as grass: for he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16. As soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone: and the place thereof shall know it no more. 17. But the merciful goodness of the Lord endureth for ever and ever. 22. 0 speak good of the Lord, all ye works of His: praise thou the Lord, 0 my soul. 166. PSALM XXIII. Haydn. QUARTET, AND FULL, FOUR VOICES. Lo! my Shepherd is divine, How can I want when He is mine? By the stream that wanders slow, Through the mead where flowerets grow, He leadeth me, and there I rest, In love and peace divinely blest. Father, we adore Thee, and worship Thee, 0 God Most High. Holy Lord! Mighty God! We worship Thee. Glorify His Name for evermore, And tell of all His wondrous works: Holy! Mighty! Glorious God! We worship Thy Name evermore. 167. MATTHEW II. Crotch. QUARTET, AND FULL. Lo! star-led chiefs Assyrian odours bring, And bending Magi seek their Infant King! Marked ye, when hovering o'er His radiant head, The dove's white wings celestial glory shed? 168. COLLECT. Farrant. FULL. Lord, for Thy tender mercies' sake, lay not our sins to our charge; but forgive that is past, and give us grace to amend our sinful lives: to decline from sin, and incline to virtue; that we...